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Debendra Kumar

Editorial Board Member

Dr. Debendra Kumar Biswal

  • Address : Professor, CAS Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, India
  • E-Mail : dkbiswal@rediffmail.com

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Introduction


Dr.Debendra Kumar Biswal is presently Professor & Head, Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India. He got his M.Sc. degree in Anthropology, M.Phil.in Social Medicine and Community Health from JNU and Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Delhi. His earlier work experiences include (a) Senior Associate with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS, ICSSR Research Institute, New Delhi, (b) ARO in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, (c)Assistant Research Officer with International Clinical Epidemiology Network Trust (INCLEN Trust International, H.Q. Philadelphia), New Delhi, (d) Researcher with Indian Social Institute on Kandhamal Violence in Orissa in 2007-08 (ISI, New Delhi), (d) Assistant Professor, Centre for Anthropological Studies, Central University of Orissa (2009-2013) and Assistant Professor, Tribal and Customary Law, Central University of Jharkhand (2013-22). He had the distinction of being a Senior Research Fellow of the University Grants Commission (UGC, India). He has more than forty publications in International/National journals, book chapters and Editorial/popular write-ups and more than hundred research papers presentations in International/National seminars and conferences, including presentation in Brazil, Ethiopia, Thailand and Nepal. He has more than forty invited lectures to his credit. His major areas of teaching and research are Tribal Development, Customary Law, Social Demography, Tribal Health, Ecology and Health, Tribal Unrest, Agrarian crisis and Anthropology of Naxalism/Maoism

AFFILIATION


Professor

CAS Department of Anthropology

Utkal University

Vani Vihar

Bhubaneswar

India

751004

Email : dkbiswal@rediffmail.com


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# Area
1. Applied Anthropology
2. Ecological Anthropology
3. Legal Anthropology

PAPERS PUBLISHED


# Article Title Year
1. ICT for Promotion of Tribal Farmers and Food Security: An Anthropological Study in Koraput District of Odisha, India Vol.8, Issue 10. October 2020 2020
2. Role of SHGs in Development of Entrepreneurship Skills among the Tribal Women: A Case Study of Parajas in Koraput District of Odisha Vol.5, Oct.-Dec. 2017, issue 4 PP. 128-135. (ISDR, Ranchi) 2017
3. Development from Above: Anthropology of Resistance, Neoliberal Truths and POSCO in Odisha Organized by RASK and JNU 2016
4. Ecology, Health Behaviour and Development of the Small Communities: An Anthropological Analysis Vol. 5, Issue, 09, pp. 5562-5565, Sept.2015. 2015
5. Beyond Public-Private Dichotomy: Anthropology of Indian Women entrepreneurs in Post-Globalization Era Vol.4, Pp. 23-31, Issue 9 (2) Sept. 2015. Vishakhapatnam 2015

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# Examination Passing Year Country
1. LL.B 2013 India
2. Ph.D. 2010 India
3. M.Phil. 1999 India

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS


# Institution Position Country Service Period
1. Population Research Centre, Utkal University, Deputy Director India 2 years, 5 months, 2 days
2. Department of Anthropology, Utkal University Professor India 3 years, 1 months, 4 days
3. CPWCDS, Central University of Jharkhand Programme Associate India 8 years, 2 months, 1 days
4. Central University of Jharkhand Assistant Professor India 8 years, 10 months, 13 days
5. Central University of Orissa Lecturer India 3 years, 6 months, 9 days
Total Period : 26 years, 0 months, 29 days

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